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How far is the earths moon from mercury?
Varying from the the distance from the Earth to the Moon + the distance from the sun to the earth + the distance from mercury to the sun, to the distance from the earth to the sun - the distance from mercury to the sun - the distance from the earth to the moon
How far away is the sun in miles?
It varies - the moon orbits the Earth so the distance will change depending on Earth's distance from the sun as well as the moon's distance from the Earth. The minimum distance from the moon to the sun is when the Earth is closest to the sun and the moon is in new moon phase (meaning its closer to the sun than the Earth). The distance from the moon to the sun is: Earth's distance at perihelion - moon's distance from Earth at apogee. This works out to 146,692,370 km. The maximum distance from the moon to the sun is when the Earth is farthest from the sun and the moon is in full moon phase. The distance from the moon to the sun is Earth's distance at aphelion + moon's distance from Earth at apogee. This works out to 150,503,400 km.
How much closer is the moon to the sun?
The moon's average distance from the sun is exactly the same as the earth's average distance from the sun.
What is the Moon's maximum distance from the sun?
That would be the Earth's distance from the Sun (at aphelion) plus the Earth-Moon distance. The latter is insignificant.
Are the moon and the sun the same distance from earth?
No, the moon and the sun are not the same distance from Earth. The average distance from the Earth to the moon is about 238,855 miles, while the average distance from the Earth to the sun is about 93 million miles.
What is the proximity from the moon to the sun?
The average distance from the Moon to the Sun is about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers). However, this distance varies because both the Moon and Earth follow elliptical orbits around the Sun.
Which is larger the Sun's radius or the distance between the Moon and Earth?
The distance between the Moon and Earth is larger than the Sun's radius. The average distance between the Moon and Earth is about 384,400 km while the Sun's radius is about 696,340 km.
How close can the moon get to the sun?
The moon orbits the Earth at about 250,000 miles, so its distance is dependent on the Earth's distance from the Sun, which on average is 93,000,000 (93 million) miles. So really, the moon's distance from the Sun varies very little.
Is the moon or mars closter to the sun?
The moon is closer to the sun. Since the moon orbits Earth, it is always about the same distance from the sun as Earth is.
What is the distance form the earth's moon to the sun?
It's about a quarter million miles greater or less than the distance of the earth to the sun. That's because at times the moon is "between" the earth and the sun and is closer to the sun, and at other times the moon is on the "far side" of the earth from the sun. The distance to the sun from earth varies from about 147 million to 152 million kilometers. The moon is from about 363,000 to 405,000 kilometers from the earth. The distance from the earth to the moon isn't much when compared to the distance to our local star.
How apart is the sun the earth and the moon?
The Moon is at a distance of about 380,000 km from Earth (on average). Moon and Earth together go around the Sun, at a distance of about 150 million km.
Why did Aristarchus make his measurements of the Sun's distance at the time of quarter moon?
Because when the Moon is at a "Quarter Phase", exactly half of the Moon's face is lit by the Sun. That means the Sun-Moon-Earth angle is 90 degrees. He could use that fact to estimate the Moon's distance by geometry.
